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THE MORNING NEWS. ,
Ea'ablished 1850. - Incorporated 1888 V
J. H. ESTILL, President. i
Russians Reported He Had Received His Death Wound at Liao
Yang; Japanese Laugh at the Report.
RUSSIANS BLEW
THEIR VESSEL UP
RASTOROPNY DESTROYED
BATHER THAN HAVE HER FALL
IA TO ENEMY’S HANDS.
AH Save One of the Crew of tlie
Destroyer That Reached Che Foo
With Dispatches front Port Arthnr
Lett the Vessel, Leaving- One Man
Aliouril to Light the Fuses Before
He Made His Escape—Bat Little
Noise Followed the Explosion,
Che Foo, Nov. 16.—The Russians
have blown up the torpedo boat de
stroyer Rastoropny.
The Russians, with the exception of
one man, left the destroyer during the
afternoon. This last man lit fuses and
blew up the vessel.
There were three dull explosions,
which were scarcely discernible 100
yards from the place where they oc
curred.
Almost simultaneously the Rasto
ropny sank and settled on the bot
tom. , I .it L
A single spar marks her grave.
It is impossible to-night to secure
an explanation of the action of the
Russians, but it is believed they were
determined not to allow a repetition
of the Ryeehitelni incident. Prior to
the destruction of the destroyer the
Taotal had officially notified the Jap
anese consul that her disarmament had
been completed, the breech blocks and
ammunition having been removed and
her machinery disabled.
Order t Blow Her Up,
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learned authoritatively to-night
that the Rastoropny carried sealed or
ders providing that, unless there came
a highly favorable opportunity to es
cape, the vessel should be blown up.
Sufficient powder for this purpose
was secreted before the destroyer left
Port Arthur.
Small charges of ordinary. powder,
placed in each of the five water-tight
compartments, were exploded.
Customs Officer Koenig was on board
the destroyer, and the Russians ex
perienced considerable difficulty In get
ting him off without arousing his sus
picions. The destroyer’s cutter, man
ned by two men, was lying near, and
the official was persuaded to take a
fide around the Rastoropny in order
that he might see the injuries she was
alleged to have received. No sooner
had the customs officer stepped into
the cutter than a petty officer drew
his watch and urged the rowers to
niake all s&eed away.
" hen the destroyer had gone down
the official was taken on shore.
Dlftpatche* from fMofurl.
11 is rumored that the Rastoropny
r °ught a dispatch from Gen. Stoessel
Asking the St. Petersburg authorities
or instructions as to whether he
wr 'uld continue to hold out, awaiting
felief, or make Immediate arrange
tneiit* with the Japanese for surrender
Upon the most advantageous terms
possible.
This rumor cannot be confirmed.
Japanese Hovered Near.
Iwo Japanese torpedo boat destroy
*r" were seen at the mouth of the har
to-ntght, and their presence un
doubtedly precipitated the action of
Ih,> Husslans in blowing up the Raa
toropnjr.
!h “ explosion was so subdued and
*h* crew remained ao allent that It
wa * *° m * lime before the report of
’affair became current. Even the
nttv-laJa most intimately concerned
1 " news from the correepondenta.
Jepaneae consul aays that nine
®- *h* Russian crew came ashore with
heir rirtes, agalnat which action he
** iWolesteg to the authorities.
J&tbatmab Atoning
NUMBER 17.845.
GEN. KUROKI
DENIES THAT STOESSEL
TALKS OF SURRENDER.
Only When the Last Cartridge Is
Gone Wilt That Come.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 16.—Advices
from Gen. Stoessel and Rear Admiral
Wieren, brought by the Russian tor
pedo boat destroyer Rastoropny to Che
Foo from Port Arthur, have reached
the Emperor, tout have not yet been
made public. The great Importance
of the Information Is apparent from
the fact that the torpedo boat de
stroyer was deliberately sacrified in or
der to get the communications front
the beleaguered garrison. The only
word which has reached the admiralty
is a telegram from the captain of the
Rostoropny announcing his arrival
with official dispatches.
The Associated Press later learned
from a high-placed general, who was
with the Emperor this afternoon, and
who knows the contents of Gen. Stoes
sel’s message, that all the talk about
Gen. Stoessel asking for instructions
to surrender is absolutely false. He
said he was not at liberty to disclose
the nature of Gen. Stoessel’s report,
but he remarked:
“Only when the last biscuit is eaten
and the last cartridge fired will the
garrison surrender the fortress. This
I can state positively.”
Considering the authority, the gen
eral's words may be accepted as a re
flection of the views of the Emperor
himself. The general further stated
that the surrender report was all the
more ridiculous, as several vessels had
broken the hlockade and reprovisioned
the garrison. He added: “Gen. Stoes
sel also knows that the second Pacific
squadron is on its way.”
STOESSEL THINKS HE ,
CAN HOLD OUT LONGER.
St. Petersburg. Nov. 17, 2 a. m.—
There Is no official conflrnfatlon at this
hour of the reported blowing up of the
torpedo boat destroyer Rastoropny at
Che Foo. The understanding at the
admiralty has been that the vessel
would be hauled up on shore to pre
vent a repetition of the Ryeshitelni
affair, and that she would be disarmed
in regular course.
Gen. Stoessel's report has not been
given out, but the Associated Press
understands that it contains no request
for instructions regarding the surren
der of Port Arthur. It Is intimated
that the report goes at considerable
length into details of the recent fierce
fand fighting, but says that the In
terior line of defenses remains intact.
Gen. Stoessel believes he will be able
to withstand the Japanese assaults for
some time to come.
The blockade has been run by a ship
with a cargo of war munitions, food
and hospital supplies. Some \\*arshlp3
in the harbor have been damaged by
shell fire, but not seriously. Many
gams have been removed from the
ships and mounted on shore, where
large drafts from the crews are taking
turns in aiding the garrison in Us de
fense of the fortress.
ALARMIST WRITER HAS
SENT ALARMING REPORT.
London, Nov. ll.—The Dally Tele
graph's St. Petersburg correspondent,
who throughout has taken somewhat
alarmist views regarding the outcome
of the North sea dispute, In a telegram
printed this morning asserts that the
admiralty has gained an ascendancy
which compels the Foreign Office to
repudiate Ita" agreement with Great
Britain and that Count Benkendorff,
Russian ambassador to Great Britain,
will be made the scapegoat and prob
ably will be recalled. Meantime, he
adds, the negotiations arc at a stand
still and the maker will be referred
to the Emperor.
A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram
Company from Ht. Petersburg, how
ever. confirms the Associated Presa
dispatches to the effect that Russia
does not desire In any way to recede
from the basis of the agreement, but
proposes a modification of the lan
guage aubmltted In the British text.
JAPANESE DESTROYERS
HAD A LOOK AROUND.
Ohe Foo. Nov. 17, R a. m.—Three
Japanese torpedo boat destroyer* en
tered the harbor this morning, satis.
Continued on Fifth Pages
DIAMOND QUEEN
WANTS A PARDON
MAMIE DE CRIS DECLARES
SHE WANTS TO LEAD AN HONOR
ABLE AND UPRIGHT LIKE.
Her Sentence Expire* Next Monday,
lint Slie Peel* That n Pardon
Would Set Her Before the World
In n Better Light—Think* Her
Stay at the Prl*n Farm 11a*
Done Her Good—Pardon Commis
*lon I* Thinking of It.
Atlanta, Nov. 16.—The Prison Com
mission has under consideration the
question of granting a pardon to Ma
mie DeCris, the diamond queen, from
Savannah, on the eve of the expiration
of her sentence.
Mamie DeCris’ sentence expires next
Monday, Nov. 21. and a pardon could
do her little good so far as cutting
short her sentence is concerned, but she
has written to the commission, prac
tically asking that a pardon be granted
her, because she says she has deter
mined to live a better life. She stated
that she felt her term of imprisonment
Wad done her good, and that she would
exert herself henceforth to living an
honorable and upright life.
The commission is halting between
mercy and justice. Shall a pardon be
granted to Mamie DeCris so a3 to en
able her to go forth into the world
without the brand of a felon 'and in
the hope that she will become a better
woman, or is there grave danger that
such an instrument would be used to
bad ends by one who is known to have
been a criminal? These are the ques
tions tWat are confronting the commis
sion in considering the matter. They
will reach a decision before the end of
the week.
ALASKA OFFICIALS
HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
Government Investigation of Their
Conduct Wo* Made.
Washington, Nov. 16.—President
Roosevelt has removed from office
Frank H. Richards. United States
marshal for the Nome district in Alas
ka, and has requested the resignation
of Judge Melville C. Brown of the Ju
neau district.
This action is the result of the in
vestigation of the Alaska judiciary
made recently by Assistant Attorney
General Day. The case of Judge Al
fred S. Moore Is held in abeyance.
The nature of the charges made
against the officials was not made pub
lic in detail, it being deemed advisa
ble not to publish at this time the re
port made by Judge Day. It is known,
however, that the charges involved sel
fish, if not corrupt, practices before the
Alaskan courts In mining claim cases.
Charges from time to time have been
made against nearly all of the federal
officials of Alaska, Gov. Brady not be
ing exempt, but it is said that the ac
tion of the President to-day finally
closes the matter of these charges, of
ficials of the administration being sat
isfied that Gov. Brady, Judge James
Wiekersham of the Yukon district and
other officials involved in them have
acted in the best interests of the ter
ritory. Judge Wiekersham was reap
pointed to-day.
CHINESE REBELS HAVE
REPULSED THE TROOPS.
Viceroy Ha* Herd Ordered to Rr
linlne the Rebel*.
Shanghai, Nov. 16.—The rebels have
repulsed the Imperial troops 'at Dluo
Chow Enu, in the province of Kwang,
Southern China. They have captured
Yuen Helen, Tien Ho Slen, Locheng
Chlen, Hua Yen Hsien and Liu Chen,
five of the principal towns In the prov
ince. The merchants and bankers fled
from the towns.
"Chou Fu, former governor of the
province of Shantung, who was re
cently appointed viceroy at Nan King,
has been ordered to proceed immediate
ly to his post and to take measures to
check the rebels in the Yang Tse val
ley."
A dispatch from Shanghai, Oct. 13,
reported 'a three days' fight between
Chinese troops and rebels at Locheng
Shien, one of the towns mentioned in
the foregoing cablegram. In which a
large body of the latter were defeated.
AUGUST aTyTmIDVMLLE.
Charier Grunted fur a New Railroad
In Georain.
'Atlanta. Nov. 16.—Secretary of State
Philip Cook to-day granted a charter
to the Augusta and Florida Railway
Company. The company’s capital
stock will be $1,000,000, and it proposes
to build a line from Augusta, in Rich
mond county, to Mid>ille, In Burke
county, a distance of sixty miles. Sev
eral well known citizens of Augusta
and Mldvllle are among the charter
members.
TWO NEGROESVwUNG~
FROM SAME GALLOWS.
They Were Gnllty of llelnou* Crime*
In North Carolina.
Wilmington. N. C.. Nov. 1.-Neill
Sellers and Dave Brown, negroes, con
victed in Bladen county in October of
the murder of Mrs. George Parker near
Clurkton, N. C„ curly In September,
were bunged on a double gallows In
lb* jail yard at Elizabethtown to-day.
Doth orotealed Innocence. The men
added the crime of criminal aaesult to
that of murder.
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1904.
PARKER’S SHINGLE IS
NOW OUT IN NEW YORK.
On Hl* Own Hook He Undertaken
the Practice of lan.
New York, Nov. 16. —Judge Alton 15.
Parker, recent Democratic candidate
for President, opened a law office in
the building at 33 Liberty street in this
city to-day. At the same time he an
nounced that he had become a resident
of this city; that Mrs. Parker would
join him here to-day. and that they
would at once secure a home in this
city.
While Judge Parker announced that
he would not form any law partner
ship, his new office is in the suite oc
cupied by W. F. Pheehan of the firm
of Sheehan & Colin.
GO TO THE PINITENTIARY.
Appeal of Sullivan and Barrow Ha*
Proven Fruitless.
Americus, Ga., Nov. 16.—Thomas
Sullivan, accompanied by one of his
attorneys, left this afternoon for At
lanta, where to-morrow, it Is under
stood, he will appear before the Prison
Commission for assignment to one of
the state camps to serve his sentence
of four vears.
Sullivan was convicted at the recent
session of Sumter Superior Court for
assault with intent to murder, grow
ing out of a criminal operation per
formed upon a young woman here.
Dr. George W. Barrow, a practlcing
physician here, was convicted of per
forming the criminal operation and
likewise sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary. He has since been
confined in the county Jail, pending
the result of the appeal of both cases
to the Supreme Court. A decision was
rendered last week, affirming the sen
tence of the Superior Court, and bqth
men must serve their sentences in the
penitentiary.
Mr. Sullivan was a well-known Jew
eler and member of the city council,
standing well socially and In business
circles. Dr. Barrow is a gray-haired
citizen, and much sympathy is ex
pressed for both among their friends.
No case ever tried in Sumter county
excited greater Interest or was more
stubbornly fought on both sides.
ANNUAL MEETINGS HELD.
Coat Line Fropertle* Elected
Board* and Officer*.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16.—At the
'annual meeting of the Charleston and
Western Carolina Railroad to-day the
old board and officers were re-elected,
as follows: J. B. Cleveland, president;
Henry Walters, vice president; B. D.
Cronly, Secretary; J. F. Post, treas
urer; J. R. Kenly, general manager;
T. M. Emerson, traffic manager; H. C.
Prince, general auditor.
Directors: H. Walters, Michael Jen
kins, W. G. Elliott, J. B. Cleveland.
Avery Patton, A. F. McKisslck, J. D.
C. Fleming, J. P. Doughtrey, J. A.
Broch.
All were present except Mr. Dough
trey. The president's report was read
and adopted.
The annual meeting of the North
western Railroad of South Carolina
followed and officers were re-elected.
President Thomas Wilson’s report was
read and adopted and a 4 per cent,
dividend declared.
Meetings were also held of Charles
ton Terminal Company and Charleston
Union Station Company, which result
ed In routine business and re-election
of officers.
WITH A CORD MALTRY
CHOKED HIMSELF.
With a Tonrnlqnet He Forced It
Deep Into the Neck.
Columbia, S. C.. Nov. 16.—Phillip
Maltry, the proprietor of Wright's Ho
tel barber shop, was found dead In Ills
bed this morning, with a cord around
his neck, drawn so tight that it al
most cut th* skin.
Maltry had been running the barber
shop at the hotel for several years,
and had built up a good business.
He retired early to his room, and
the family was horrified this morning
when it was found that he was dead.
A physician was called in at once, and
it was necessary to cut the little cord
around his neck, and cut loose the
stick with which he had twisted the
string around his neck, forming a sort
of tourniquet.
Maltry was 51 years of age and
leaves a wife and seven children.
SALOON CLOSED FOR
REIVIVAL MEETINGS.
Liquor Dealer* at America* Nil*-
pended lluinc**.
Americus, Ga.. Nov. 16.—Americus Is
In the midst of a great religious re
vival, conducted by Rev. J. L. White
of Macon, and monster meetings are
held thrice dally. This afternoon, at
the request of the officiating ministers,
all business houses In Americus closed
for on* hour, that all citizens might
attend the overflow meeting at the
First Baffilst Church.
Half the saloons in the city closed
likewise freely and voluntarily.
TWO FIRST COUSMS
IN A CUTTING AFFRAY.
Columbia, ft. C. t Nov. 16.—At Lancas
ter to-day Walter Hough of Kershaw
and Will Howell of Lancaster county
engaged In a cutting and shooting af
fair, In which Hough was shot through
both lungs and fatally wounded, and
Howell seriously cut.
The young men are first cousins.
The eauss of the difficulty Is not
known.
LASHED TO A MAST
OVER 24 HOURS
CREW FINALLY RESCUED
BY THE STEAMER HAWAIIAN
FROM HONOLULU.
Bri* C. C. Sweeney, Charleston for
Philadelphia. Encountered the
Storm l*>t Sunday—Britt Broke in
Two After Losing Deck Load and
Deckhouse—Then Captain and
Crew Lnxhed Themselves to the
Mont l util Sturm Subsided.
Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—After having
been lashed to a mast for more than
twenty-four hours, and with hope of
rescue almost abandoned, Capt. Fisher
and crew of seven men of the brig C.
C. Sweeney were taken from thetr
perilous position Tuesday afternoon by
the steamer Hawaiian from Honolulu
for this port.
The men suffered greatly from ex
posure to the weather, but are ap
parently no worse for their experi
ence.
Th brig left Charleston early last
week for Philadelphia with a cargo
of lumber, and encountered the South
ern hurricane Sunday off the Virginia
coast. The brig withstood the terrific
wind and sea for a short time only
and then became waterlogged. The
deck load and houses were swept away,
and the vessel finally broke in two.
The crew then climbed the main
mast and lashed themselves In the
mainsail to keep from being washed
away. They remained in this position
until Monday afternoon, by which time
the sea had moderated enough to per
mit them to return to the deck of the
half-sunken hulk.
No vessel was sighted until Tuesday
morning, when the Hawaiian respond
ed to thetr distress signals and res
cued all hands. The brig was aban
doned in latitude 36.30 north, longi
tude 73.45 west.
YACHT REPORTED LOST.
Another Report, However, Show*
She Wn* Safe.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 16.—Oystermen ar
riving at Elizabeth City this morning
from Croatin river and Pamlico sound
reported the foundering Sunday of the
yacht Roberta of Providence, R, 1.,
and the 1 loss of all on board.
The Roberta was bound to Florida
with a hunting party to stay the win
ter. She was at Elizabeth City Fri
day and left Saturday for the South.
The oystermen reported warning the
yacht to put back on account of the
storm that was raging and that she
foundered very shortly afterward.
The Roberta was a schooner yacht
with gasoline auxiliary. She passed
through the Dismal Swamp canal
Thursday ert route south. Records
have her from Providence, R. I„ to
Florida and give her captain's name
as Golden.
A special to the Virglnla-Pllot from
Elizabeth City to-night says:
"Oyster Inspector Spencer Davis ar
rived here from Roanoke Island on the
steamer Wagner to-day. He said he
passed the schooner yacht Roberta at
anchor off the island this morning.
Mr. Davis also said he learned at Mun
teo that when the storm came up the
people on board the Roberta left her
at anchor and took to the shore In
small boats. The yacht rode the gale
and when the wind hud subsided the
party again boarded the Roberta.”
PnsMenger* and Crew.
Providence, R. 1., Nov. 16.—The
Providence men composing the hunting
party reported lost with the foundering
of the schooner y*acht Roberta off the
coast of North Carolina Sunday are:
Col. Felix R. Wendelsehaefer, proprie
tor of the Providence Opera House;
Walter R. Stiness, Republican leader
In the state Senate, and Willard C,
Perkins.
The crew of the Roberta were Capt.
Ittiac Golden of Pawtucket. R. 1., Ills
son, Charles Golden, and a nephew
whose name Is unknown here. Capt.
Golden and his crew are believed to
have taken the yacht to Norfolk whore
the others boarded her, leaving Nor
folk last Thursday.
Hol.crla anil All Aboard Safe.
Wilmington, N. C„ Nov. 16— A special
from Southport, N. C., to-night states
that the yacht Roberta arrived there
to-day with all on board safe.
MAN AND WIFE WERE
RESCUED BY A TUG.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 16. —Capt. Jack
Bentsen of the Norfolk tug Grit, ar
riving here to-day from Pamlico
sound, reports the rescue by his tug
of Capt. Hutchins and Mrs. Hutchins
in the house boat Drift Lodge on Hud
dle Harbor shoals in the sound Sun
day.
Capt. and Mrs. Hutchins were land
ed at the Portsmouth, N. C., life-sav
ing station, where they are being
cared for. The house boat Is a total
wreck, going to pieces shortly after Its
occißiants were taken oft Its partly
submerged roof.
Capt. Hutchins Is a Washington
newspaper man.
CLYDE LINER CARIB
HAD ROUGH TRIP.
Wilmington. N. C.. Nov. 16.—After
being overdue thirty-six hours, as the
result of having encountered, the se
vere storm which swept up the Atlan
tic coast Sunday, the Clyde liner Carlb,
Capt. Chichester, from New York, ar
rived In port this afternoon. Capt.
Chichester says it was a terrific storm,
and for hours the waves dashed over
the ship's ducks.
The vessel aa* not damsged, but
her cargo, which shifted, la badly dam
aged. and Is Indescribably mixed. One
sailor was badly Injured.
Capt. Chichester also reports that
the Matters* lightship was dragged
from her anchorage lit the storm, and
I* now five mllas out of her proper
place.
She Is on Trial for Her Life in New York, Charged With the
Murder of Caesar Young.
RODE ON SEA ANCHOR.
United State* Naval Collier Had a
Very It.mull Time.
Norfolk. Va., Nov. 16. —The United
States naval collier Sterling, Capt. Mc-
Donald commanding, which arrived at
the yard late Wednesday evening, Is
considerably the worse for wear as a
result of the terrific storm along the
Atlantic coast which was encountered
Saturday night and Sunday.
The collier left the navy yard at Pen
sacola on the evening of Nov. 8, bound
for this port. At 8 o’clock. Sunday
irorning the Sterling refused' to steer,
either to run before the gale or to
come head to it. The cabin became
flooded and the main boiler worked
in its saddle so violently thut It caused
the steam pipe to burst. Asa result
of this accident the steam In the boil
ers had to be blown out the en
gines stopped.
A sea anchor, composed of side lad
ders and fenders, lashed together and
attached to seventy fathoms of six
inch manlla hawser, was placed over
the stern of the collier as a drag to
prevent her from lying In the trough
of the sea. In this condition the col
llpr drifted for seventy-eight miles un
til Monday morning, when the storm
abated.
So disabled was the collier that It
took her fifteen hours to make the
trip yesterday from the Capes to this
yard.
LIFE SAVING STATION
WAS WASHED AWAY.
Several of the Crew of the Place
AVer* Lost.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 16.—Advices from
the Carolina coast say that the New
Inle life saving station was destroyed
by Sunday's hurricane, and that sev
eral of the crew stationed there were
lost.
It Is said a wave washed across the
strip of land separating the ocean from
the sound and carried the station
building away.
The news was brought to Elizabeth
City to-day by a seaman.
FOUR OF HER CREW
REPORTED HER LOSS.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 16.—Four of the
schooner Myra W. Spear's crew
reached here to-night from Chicaml
comlco, N. C., where the vessel
grounded last week. They say the
vessel went to pieces during the gale.
The men report the storm washed
the sea entirely over the land separat
ing tfce ocean from the sound and say
several houses were carried away.
New Inlet Is below Pea Island, at
which point communication stops, and
no further Information regarding the
destruction of the life-saving station
there and loss of life can be secured
to-night.
ALL THE CREW OF THIS
BOAT WERE DROWNED.
Washington. N. C. t Nov. 16.—Capt,
Charles Williams and three others left
here Saturday on the schooner Mis
souri for their home In Hyde coun
ty. Storm-lyound at Indian Head, they
anchored off the shore, hut after din
ner Sunday the wind blew them from
this anchorage and the boat was cap
sized and all on board drowned.
The names of the rrew cannot be
obtulned h( this Urn*. None of the
bodies has been recovered.
I'snl* Going tw The liaaue,
Mexico City, Nov 16 Rmlllo Pardo.
Mexican Minister to Holland, will leave
her* early In December to attend th*
International peace conference at Tha
llau*.
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NAN PATTERSON
NAN PATTERSON’S
TRIAL HAS BEGUN
AFTER ITS LONG DELAYS
THE LAW WILL THY TO DECIDE
HER QUILT OH INNOCENCE.
Actress Who AVas a Member of the
Original Florodora Sextette Is
to Answer to the Charge
of Having Murdered lur.
ear Yunus, the Bookmaker Who
Was Shot In a Hansom Cab ou
Itronilnav While on Ills Way to
a Steamer,
New York, Nov. 16.—'After more
than live months In the. Tombs prison
awaiting trial on a charge of murder,
the case of Nan Patterson, the alleged
Slayer of Caesar Young, was brought
to trial In the criminal branch of the
Supreme Court to-day.
Delay, first from one cause and then
.from another, has been a prominent
feature In the case ever since Miss
Patterson was taken Into custody aft
er the tragic death of Young In a cab,
In which ho and the young woman
were driving to the pier, where Young
was to taka a steamer for Europe.
Even in Its last stages, after the date
for trial had been fixed, a minor case
which claimed the attention of the
court, dragged slowly along and forced
another delay.
In anticipation of the beginning of
the trial, the court room was crowded
with spectators when Justice Vernon
M. Davis took his seat on the bench
to-day. There was only a slight de
lay before It was announced that
everything for the opening of the trial
was in readiness.
Her Father Was There.
Miss Patterson, dressed In black, was
brought in by prison attendants and
took a seat beside her counsel, Abra
ham Levy and Daniel O’Reilly, Her
father, J. Randolph Patterson of
Washington, had a seat within the bar
enclosure.
The work of selecting a Jury from a
special panel of 100 talesmen was be
gun at once. The examination of each
talesman was conducted with extreme
thoroughness and one man. who ap
parently had passed all the require
ments, was turned away by the de
fense when he said. In answer to a
question, that he had friendly feelings
toward District Attorney Jerome.
El wood Hendricks, a broker, was
the first man to answer all the ques
tions to the satisfaction of both the
prosecution and the defense.
No Eye Witnesses Culled.
The prosecution will depend entirely
upon circumstantial evidence In build
ing uo their case against the defend
ant, according to a statement made by
Assistant District Attorney Rand dur
ing the examination of talesmen. Rich
ard 8. White, a lumber dealer, had
declared himself opposed to finding a
verdict in a capital case on circum
stantial evidence alone, and referred
to the possibility of eye witnesses to
the shooting, testifying before the cor
oner’s jury. "So tar as 1 know,” said
Mr. Rand, “the prosecution does not
Intend to call any eye witnesses to the
shooting of Caesar Young.”
Four Jurors bad been accepted when
adjournment was taken for the day.
t liapelle at New Orleane.
New Orleans, Nov. It— Archbishop
Chapelle returned to-day from an ex
tended trip to Rome He will remain
here until early In December. He ex
pects to officiate t the consecration
of Bishop Van De Van of Natchitoches
before returning to